Italy considers the possibility of releasing up to 10,000 prisoners, which makes up about 15 percent of the total number of convicts in prison, in order to reduce the overcrowding of prison capacities, the Ministry of Justice of this country announced.
They add that 10,105 prisoners meet the requirements for alternative measures such as house arrest or conditional punishment, reuters reports.
These measures will be applied to persons who have already been in-lawful convicted, which have been less than two years of punishment left, and which did not have serious disciplinary offenses in the last 12 months.
Prisoners convicted of serious crimes, including terrorism, organized crime, rape, human trafficking and abduction, will not be released.
According to the data “World Prison Brief”, Italy faces one of the largest levels of imprisonment in Europe, with a 122 percent increase in approx.
As stated, only Cyprus, France and Turkey have a worse situation, Euronews reports.
Although the release of the prisoner is proposed, this move is politically sensitive, so the Ministry of Justice formed a working group that will cooperate with prisons and judges for parole.
This commission will make decisions on each individual case, the work will report to September.
(Vijesti.ba)
